Hello GDO Listserv Members,
The following symposium invitation is posted on behalf of Dr. Jawad Syed,
Reader in HRM, Kent Business School,University of Kent (
j.syed@kent.ac.uk).
Best Regards,
Dianne Murphy
GDO Listserv Manager
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Dear colleagues,
We invite you to submit an extended abstract of 1500 words (plus
references) to a presenter symposium titled “Muslims Meet Capitalists:
Researching Diversity and Equal Opportunity Related Issues of the Muslim
Diaspora in the West” for next year’s Academy of Management (AOM)
conference in Orlando, Florida, USA (8-13Aug 2013). Please let us know of
your interest (identifying a suitable topic) to participate in this
symposium by return email asap.
You will need to submit an extended abstract (1500 words (2-5 pages,
double-spaced, including references), in AOM paper format, to be developed
as a full paper subsequently) and lead your discussion (10-15 minutes) if
our session proposal is accepted. Regardless of the outcome of the AOM
submission, we will also seek to publish these papers as a part of a
special issue of a reputable journal or a peer reviewed book subject to
the publisher’s requirement (TBA).
Please email to both organizers your extended abstract by 12 Dec 2012. You
will also need to confirm that you have the firm intention to attend the
AOM conference and that you are not in breach of the AOM rule of 3+3
(maximum number of submissions).
Regards,
Jawad Syed and Edwina Pio
Symposium Organizers
j.syed@kent.ac.uk<mailto:
j.syed@kent.ac.uk>
edwina.pio@aut.ac.nz<mailto:
edwina.pio@aut.ac.nz>
ABSTRACT
This symposium seeks to enhance an awareness of the complexity of the
Muslim diaspora at work in the West in order to crumble and tease out the
dissonance that exists in organizations with reference to Muslims. In the
West, perceptions of Islam, whose etymology is peace, seem more closely
aligned with violence, anti-Western jihad and intolerance. Yet as the
millions of Muslims in the West grow exponentially in the twenty-first
century, many societies and employers face unresolved questions and
agonizing challenges in dealing with the Muslim diaspora, including the
high incidence of unemployment and discrimination. Such questions and
challenges are exacerbated by ideological discourse, radical Islam and
researcher bias which influence approaches and raise questions about
research methodology, conceptual paradigms, and an understanding of
politico-socio-historical antecedents of equal opportunity related issues
pertaining to Muslim diaspora. A pro-capitalist tendency seems to be
manifest in the business case approach to diversity management whereas a
pro-secular tendency is evident in a reluctance to name, acknowledge and
accommodate Muslims and other forms of religious diversity in
organizational structures and routines. Presenters in this symposium will
reflect on diverse employment related issues and challenges facing the
Muslim diaspora framed in the light of multilevel theorizing of diversity
management. Conversations will include capitalism, immigration, equal
opportunities and the internal heterogeneity and agency of Muslims. The
symposium contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the Muslim
diaspora and in so doing seeks to facilitate deeper understanding of
the ‘Muslim edge’ in organizations.
Key words GDO Division: diversity, gender, equal opportunity,
intersectionality, Muslim diaspora, Muslim workers
Key words IM Division: cross cultural, diversity, Islam, multinational
enterprises, Muslim diaspora, Muslim workers
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Dr Jawad Syed
Reader in HRM
Kent Business School
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7PE
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 1227 824114
Fax: +44 (0) 1227 761187
Email:
j.syed@kent.ac.uk
http://www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/community/staff/profiles/syed_jawad.html
http://kent.academia.edu/Jawadsyed